Turkcell and Turkey’s ASELSAN Join Forces for 5G R&D
July 07 2015 - 6:04AM
Business Wire
Turkcell (NYSETKC) (BIST:TCELL) and Turkish defense industries
company ASELSAN (“Military Electronic Industries”) have taken the
first major step in Turkey for 5G mobile communication technologies
development. Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioglu and Dr. Faik Eken, the
General Manager of ASELSAN, have signed the framework agreement
that sets the stage for cooperation between the two companies.
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Turkcell's CEO Kaan Terzioglu (left) and
ASELSAN's General Manager Dr. Faik Eken signed the framework
agreement for 5G cooperation with a ceremony held in Ankara.
(Photo: Business Wire)
Ensuring Turkey’s role in the 5G landscape as a technology
producer
The aim of the cooperation is to ensure Turkey’s role, in the
global 5G landscape, as a country that produces technology.
Turkcell and ASELSAN will start working on the formation of a
national 5G roadmap, participate jointly in global platforms, and
focus on attaining commercial success, both in domestic and
international markets with products to be developed as a result of
this cooperation.
The two companies will also lead the national ecosystem, paving
the way for a more prolific technology development that will
eventually result in a greater number of patented ICT products
emerging from Turkey.
Turkcell CEO: Turkey will become a global hub for 5G
development
“In 5G, we are already among the main actors of the global
debate through our work as a board member of the NGMN Alliance,
which defines end-to-end operator requirements intended to guide
the development of future technology platforms and related
standards,” remarked Kaan Terzioglu, CEO of Turkcell. “Turkcell is
committed to maintaining its technology leadership in introducing
the latest mobile communication technologies to Turkey in 5G. We
are excited to be working with ASELSAN, which is as committed to
innovation and technology as Turkcell. With this agreement - the
first step of a long-term cooperation – we believe that we will
achieve our goal of positioning our country as a global hub of 5G
development.”
ASELSAN General Manager: We are building on 40 years of
experience in communication technologies
“Our journey started in 1975 with the goal of meeting the
communication needs of the Turkish Armed Forces through national
and authentic means. 40 years on, our products cover the entire
scope of defense electronics in a fashion that minimizes dependency
on imported technologies. ASELSAN also exports its technology, to
production facilities in Kazakhstan, the UAE, Indonesia and
Pakistan.” said Dr. Faik Eken. “With this know-how, we have
recently produced Turkey’s first nationally-developed 4G Base
Station (eNodeB). Now, we are looking forward to carrying our
experience into critical areas like 5G and meeting the technology
infrastructure needs of our country with the optimal use of
national resources. ASELSAN will be the most competent partner in
the preparation, design, production implementation stages of
5G.”
ABOUT TURKCELL: Turkcell is an integrated communication
and technology services player in Turkey. Turkcell Group has
approximately 67.9 million mobile subscribers in nine countries as
of March 31, 2015. Turkcell was one of the first among the global
operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has announced two new HSPA+
Technologies on its 3G network to meet rising data usage. Having
successfully integrated 3C-HSDPA and DC-HSUPA Technologies, it
became the first mobile operator in the world to enable peak speed
of 63.3 Mbps downlink, while also enabling an 11.5 Mbps uplink on a
3G network. Turkcell is the first telecom operator to offer
households fiber broadband connection at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps
in Turkey. As of March 2015, Turkcell’s population coverage is at
99.81% in 2G and 92.01% in 3G. Turkcell Group reported TRY3.0
billion (US$1.2 billion) in revenue with total assets of TRY24.0
billion (US$9.2 billion) as of March 31, 2015. It has been listed
on the NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
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